2013年9月21日星期六

The new U.S. energy companies for the California Energy Commission Awards

Recently, the
U.S. Satcon Technology (Satcon Technology Corporation), the U.S. manufacturer
of lithium-ion battery A123 Systems, U.S. Renewable Energy Service Company
(Renewable Energy Services) and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District
(SMUD) to obtain the California Energy Commission granted 2,000,000 dollar
project funding , the funds will be used for energy storage technology
development, thus helping to reduce intermittent renewable energy phenomenon.

According to
the project manager Satcon party issued a statement saying , this is determined
by the Energy Commission grant funds outreach programs - Community Energy
Research (PIER) for renewable energy projects - the project aims to develop
energy solutions , thus contributing to renewable energy which gradually
penetrate into the energy grid .

Satcon has
headquarters in the United States explained that the research team aims to
develop " integrated solar power energy storage system " that can
support voltage and frequency stable photovoltaic electricity (PV firming),
real-time rate of change of power transmission and control . This solution will
be the development of Sacramento Municipal Utility District 's California headquarters
.

Specifically ,
Satcon PV inverter will provide technical expertise , A123 will provide
"advanced " lithium -ion battery technology. Satcon said that the
final system will be a 500kW PV array , 500kW of PowerGate Plus inverters and a
500kWh of A123 advanced lithium-ion battery energy storage system configuration
.

It is expected
that this energy storage system will be able to " take advantage of
high-power, high-pressure Satcon battery power conditioning system (Satcon
Spectrum PCS), so as to stabilize the voltage , frequency control , and in the
case of grid instability ( including power outage ) the PV plant continuous
operation .

Satcon CTO Leo
Casey said that we are trying to integrate with the grid for renewable energy ,
improve handling and improved energy storage systems , thereby reducing the
volatility of output power , this is the key. Over the past four years , we
have been committed to research and development in this area and has been used
in several projects , including commercial PV grid connected inverter systems , energy storage projects
, the development of solar energy grid integration systems as well as by the
U.S. Department of Energy funded demonstration projects. California Energy
Commission project will accelerate the development of next-generation storage
technologies and applications, this is the core of the future power grid .